The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Luke 12:23. Our life was given us of God, and is dependent upon Him, as the leaf is dependent upon the bough for sustenance. Life is a
Why Elisha?
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me
The Early and the Latter Rain
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter